Salesian missionaries with Don Bosco Navajeevan, located in Hyderabad, India, launched a training course during the pandemic lockdown which teaches people how to make bread and sweets. The project is known as “Chiguru sweets cart for sustainable development." This new training has created new paths
The Don Bosco Health Center in Gumbo, South Sudan, is caring for the sick while working to help prevent coronavirus. Gumbo is located at the center of 20 villages along the left bank of the Nile River. With no hospitals or dispensaries in any of
Salesian missionaries have launched a support program to help vulnerable farmers in Ashaiman, Ghana, who have been affected by the rising cost and shortage of supplies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. About 45 farming families have been provided with seeds, agricultural tools, fertilizers and various
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Literacy Day, celebrated each year on Sept. 8. This year’s theme focuses on “Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.” Salesian Missions highlights programs with a focus on literacy
Salesian organizations around the globe are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with food, hygiene supplies, medical care and awareness about the virus and prevention strategies. Salesian Missions has answered the call to ensure this critical aid reaches those most in need.
Salesian missionaries in South Sudan are working with local populations as the effects of coronavirus spread. In Gumbo, Salesian missionaries have a parish, a technical-vocational training center, elementary and middle schools, a women’s promotion center, and a youth center. There is also a camp for
The Salesian Network has provided 460 youth and their families with food assistance in the city of Manaus in Brazil. Families in need were tracked and identified through an app. More than 800 baskets of food were delivered, with deliveries observing the guidelines for coronavirus prevention.
Salesian missionaries in Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo, have been providing relief supplies to those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Missionaries are working to help the elderly, youth in poverty and those who are most vulnerable. To date, Salesians have distributed food and basic
Don Bosco University is working collaboratively with the United States Embassy in El Salvador to provide aid and support to those working on the front lines in hospitals across the nation. Through the American Spaces program, Don Bosco University has created and produced 3D-printed protective masks
Salesian missionaries, with the Salesian Planning and Development Office in Johannesburg, South Africa, were able to provide food support to Salesian sites in Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho and South Africa thanks to funding from Salesian Missions. The project is part of COVID-19 relief efforts in these